Entry Level Web Developer - Back End
Location: NZ, N, Auckland
Department: Development
Employment type: Full-time
Required experience: Entry level
Required education: Bachelor's Degree
Industry: Marketing and Advertising
Function: Information Technology

Company profile:
Young &amp; Shand is a full service digital agency that loves a challenge.We’ve made a name for ourselves by creating engaging digital content and leveraging new marketing technology to help NZ businesses grow. We consistently get results with a performance based approach and by ensuring the content we create gets people talking. This has helped us become the country’s fastest growing independent digital agency.How we workOur Auckland office has a full production team, Creative Director, three creative teams, six digital designers and a full development team. As a client, you’ll also have a senior Account Director and an experienced Account Manager working with you day to day and at a strategic level. To ensure everything gets done, we also have our own dedicated team offshore that allows us to work 24 hours a day.Perhaps more important than our production capability is our strategic and creative thinking. Without great thinking you’re only going to get average results. And average is not good enough - we’re only interested in doing world class work that drives results for our clients. That’s why we’ve invested in Ben becoming a New Yorker for 12 months. He’s there to understand what’s happening at the cutting edge of marketing technology so we’re up there with the best.Our environmentLast but not least, we’re a young ambitious company that’s not afraid of hard work. We have a young team that's smart and eager to learn and test the limits of what's possible. We have a real collaborative approach and work together to achieve great results. 

Job description:
Just updating this role. We have an opening for an entry level Back End Web Developer to join the team and help on projects and client work.We're an open source shop and predominantly code in WordPress, Cake, and Python. We have a team of 45 with 8 full time developers in New Zealand and 4 in India. We have a smart team and are looking for someone who is smart and wants to work in an exciting creative environment.You'll be working with an talented group of young people who want to make a difference. We've got a great environment and you'll be part of a growing dynamic company. We want someone that wants to work in a team environment, someone that loves the tough problems and can get things done.What you will be doing:Building websites and applications that help grow our clients online presenceWorking to support existing sites Working the site live processWorking on a range of new and ongoing in-house productsTechnologies we use:Php / Python / Node / GitCakePHP / CodeIgnitor / Wordpress / DjangoNginx / Varnish / Memcached / GearmanMongoDB / MySQL / PostgreSQL

Requirements:
Proficiency in Php, JavaScript, Python or similarDeep understanding of LinuxStrong skills in Wordpress and other CMS / FrameworksGit source control

Benefits:
Working with like minded people wanting to produce excellent workGreat office space located in the heart of Britomart, AucklandFully stocked beer and wine fridgeAs much Pizza as you can eat on Fridays